HB471 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2011

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Charles O. Newton
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Timber and forest products, willful removal of timber and other forest products by deception and failure to disclose to owner quantity and type of timber harvested and owner not compensated for all timber designated Class A misdemeanor, Sec. 9-13-60 am'd.; Act 2010-704, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.
Description: This bill would further provide current criminal violations for unauthorized actions related to timber or other forest products by including the taking of timber or forest products by deceptive practices.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Subjects: Forestry